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cricketers reached their first world cup final in 2a years on the bbc sport website. you can follow the curlers and that mixed event, as well. that s bbc.co.uk/sport. let s get more now on one of our top stories this lunchtime. long promised plans to close the gap between rich and poor parts of the country have been announced by the government. it includes improvements to transport, providing 5g broadband for a majority of households, and a pledge to refocus education spending on disadvantaged parts of the country. we can speak now to simon clarke, the chief secretary to the treasury. good afternoon to you. can we be clear, levelling up, as it is called, it s not about equal spending between rich and poor parts of the country, but about bridging the gap? of the country, but about bridging the aa - ? , of the country, but about bridging the aa-7 , , of the country, but about bridging the can , h, the gap? this is about making investments the gap? this is about making investments in
get like that. you have to try to get them like that. you have to try to get them involved in more skills get them involved in more skills and stuff like that. plans skills and stuff like that. plans to be outlined today include creating more regional mayors with london style powers in areas of england, bringing public transport closer to london standards, giving the large majority of the country access to 5g broadband, and eliminating illiteracy in primary school leavers. many of these ideas might sound familiar, but labour says it amounts to shuffling the deck chairs. while a report by the national audit office spending watchdog says the government hasn t always properly monitored how well its local spending plans have worked. we look spending plans have worked. - look quite a lot into the town funds and anything goes. you can bid for whatever you want, but the department as it always got a good grasp on what it is trying to deliver with the money pouring in, and this is taxpa
and strategies . our political correspondent jessica parker reports. we are a government committed to levelling up. it is absolutely what levelling up is all about. what we re doing is levelling up. level up across the whole of the uk. ministers have talked about it a lot. i m here to talk about levelling up. michael gove will talk about it more today. levelling up was at the heart of the conservatives 2019 election campaign. plans to be outlined today include creating more regional mayors with london style powers in areas of england that want them, bringing public transport closer to london standards, giving the large majority of the country access to 5g broadband, and eliminating illiteracy in primary school leavers. many of these ideas may sound familiar, and labour says it amounts to shuffling the deckchairs, while a report by the national audit office spending watchdog says the government hasn t always properly monitored how well its
public transport and housing in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country. labour have dismissed the project as more slogans and strategies . our political correspondent jessica parker reports. we are a government committed to levelling up. it is absolutely what levelling up is all about. what we re doing is levelling up. level up across the whole of the uk. ministers have talked about it a lot. i m here to talk about levelling up. michael gove will talk about it more today. levelling up was at the heart of the conservatives 2019 election campaign. plans to be outlined today include creating more regional mayors with london style powers in areas of england that want them, bringing public transport closer to london standards, giving the large majority of the country access to 5g broadband, and eliminating illiteracy in primary school leavers. many of these ideas may sound familiar, and labour says it amounts